Further Adventures in Rough Stuff

The Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive Volume 2

More photos, more stories, more bikes where bikes don’t usually go! Further Adventures in Rough Stuff is the second volume of photos & stories from the archive of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship, the world’s oldest off-road cycling club. In their own, very British, way, the members of the RSF pioneered riding off the beaten track, pedalling & carrying their bikes where angels feared to tread. Their images reveal amazing journeys, classic cycling style & a hidden social history of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Every mountain bike & gravel bike has followed in their tyre tracks.

Since the first RSF book, more than 25,000 slides (among other material) have joined the archive. The new book is organised by the different regions of the British Isles, & abroad, where the club members rode, & feature images of beach riding from the 1920s, Alp-climbing in the 1950s, hike-a-bike in the 1970s & chain walks in the 1980s, as well as accounts of classic rough-stuff routes.

Alongside the photos it includes writing about classic rides such as Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms & the Wayfarer Pass in the Berwyn mountains in Wales. The first RSF book was, according to the Outsiders Store blog, “a classic document not only of the history of cycling off the beaten track but also British outdoor culture.” This new volume adds to this legacy, & celebrates the style & spirit of the RSF.